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Ashraf Monzer is a Social Media & CSR Specialist. He graduated in 2012 from the American University of Science and Technology (Beirut) with a degree in communication art (emphasis on journalism). Ashraf is currently working as a project consultant at Apco Worldwide. He has had over 6 years of work experiences in sales, customer service, management, and product coordination. [/symple_box]
Dubai, UAE—Have you forgotten your life in a marriage that has been your fate for almost all your life? It’s not only that you have, but you also ignored your basic needs to feed your soul. You have raised your children to be successful and ambitious, to fulfill the things you weren’t able to achieve, mainly due to wrong life decisions that led you to this state, and now at the age of fifty or sixty you cannot find a reason to continue as such.
The relationship you are in has dissolved you in temporary situational causes, cuffing you in day to day situations where you are only looking for reasons to survive and get by. It has generated great timely, and ambitious, goals for you but eventually the fuel tank has come to an end. What do you do now?
These questions can be answered by experts and psychologists, but have we ever taken a step back and inspected if these things still occur? Arranged marriages resulting in a miserable life for women? Girls approving the first marriage proposal, at a time when they did not yet find their purpose of life, and maybe which color is their most favorite one?
All wrong decisions women take at an early age are a refraction of their families’ situations, as well as their relationship with their parents and siblings, in addition to the amount of freedom they are allowed to have and the limitations the society puts on their lifestyle. Consequently, they board the first ship that docks in town, with an aim to break through. They think this will liberate them from the chains put around their wrists, but sooner they realize they have gone from a small cell to a smaller one.
The role men played in the past to limit women’s presence in daily public life was crucial. They wanted their ladies to be as dedicated as possible to their homes, families and needs. They didn’t want them to think that there is more to it, that there are opportunities and dreams and more to live.
The question is, do we still want our daughters and children to live in the past? Or do we want to share with them our experiences and admit that we did it the wrong way, which is the first building block to start constructing a healthy society? If the answer is yes, then only then we can safely mend our mothers’, sisters’ and daughters’ sores and move on to a better future, giving our societies a new jolt of life.
Happy Women’s International day!
I leave you this week with this thought.
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